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Financial Education Programs

The poverty and subsequent hunger that exists in every community can be reduced by empowering children with early financial capabilities, trickling financial empowerment up through parents and caregivers, and spreading lessons and resources out to Maryland schools and afterschool programs.

University of Maryland Extension provides basic financial education for young people and adults through research-based programs, often in collaboration with non-profits and community organizations.

Particular to youth financial education, UME educators are currently involved in schools, afterschool programming, 4-H Clubs across the state and work with children and youth at risk and their families. UME Educators, specialists in adult education, adapt youth financial education curricula to deliver train-the-teacher/youth leader sessions to expand the scope and diversity of outreach.

In addition, UME has become a recognized facilitator of advance training for personal finance educators through the Personal Finance Seminar for Professionals, an annual conference that provides training and updates on matters relevant to helping the individuals and communities that we serve.

Adult Programs:

Workplace Financial Education: a variety of classes designed to increase knowledge of how to save and invest for retirement.

Personal Finance Seminar for Professionals: an annual conference that provides training and updates on matters relevant to helping the individuals and communities that we serve. Learn More

Annie’s Project: a multi-session program that empowers farmwomen to manage information systems used in critical decision making processes and build local networks throughout the state. Learn More

Health Insurance Literacy: workshops and resources that increase the capacity of Marylanders to get health information, and understand and use it with confidence to lower the risk of poor health. Learn More

Youth and Family Programs:

Financial Nuggets: designed for family involvement in which both youth and families will increase basic financial capacity and ability to make both short-and long-term decisions regarding spending and saving. Parents will become familiar with how to engage their children in financial capacity activities at home.

We embody the University's land-grant mission with a commitment to eliminate hunger, preserve our natural resources, improve quality of life, and empower the next generation through world-class education.